Color chart



N. E. STEPHENS Nov 17, 1931.

COLOR CHART Filed May 13, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVlilTOR 2m 1 ATTORNEY Nov. 17, 1931. N. E. STEPHENS COLOR CHART Filed May- 13, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet IN V N TOR.

A TTORNEY Patented Nov. 17, 1931 1,332 750 NOBLElE. s'rnrnmrs, or NEW Kenny;

I GCLOR Cnanr.

Appl icatloni filed Kay 13, l927fsriailfio. 191,030; v While those skilled in the artof producing Other-'features'and advantages of my insuitable color eifects upon various'subj'ects vention-will=hereinafter appear. M are enabled from theirknowle'dge 'ofcolor In the drawings: t l

"harmony to arrange difi'erent'colors, shades" Figure '1 is a face view of my improved and tints with due regard to relativeproporcolor chart,-which isin the' form ofv a folder, 65

"tion spacings and tones of 'thec'olo'rs emsaid face View1showing-thefrbnt sheet on ployed, it' 'ha s always been found difliciilt to which is depic'teda fixed scene representing g'uide others, not possessed of the necessary the interior of a living room, with cut-out training, in observing the simplelaws which portions of different areas to display the 1 govern ,color' selection, 'pi'oportioning and" colored portions'of a rear, shiftable member,

conjunction. "I nlconsequence it is common to 'said front sheet also being broken away to exnotein decorative fscheme's, such foreXample'pose said shiftableinember and the back as building interiors and exteriors,j-we lmg-sheet of the folder. f apparel, and allthe variousiinstances where Fig, 2is a front'view of'the shiftable'memindividual choice has governed, so many exher, on a reduced scale','bearing different color amples where the colors clash, where inapgroupings for display respectively through propri'ate shades andtints are employed, flthevcut-out' portions of the front sheet. where the areas occupied by different colors Fig. is a rear view of the shiftable inem are incorrectly proportioned, and where the ber bearing in like relation the names of the 9. relative spacings between different colored colors in the groupings on the frontview. 7 areas fail to realize in the whole color scheme Fig. 4 is a section on' the line i -40f Figthat pleasing harmony which is the proof of ure 1 showingthe iv'otal connectio'n between skillful arrangement. i f the shiftable rhein er and front sheet. u Color charts are'well known in the pat- Fig. 5 isa face view of'my improvedcolor 3 nted art and have been devised in diiferent chart showing'the front sheet thereof havforms, to teach the use of complementary ing acut-out portion.

. colors, theirshades and tints, but these charts Fig. 6 is'a face view of a disk which is piv- .failto show. how. the user. in any particular, oted'at the back of the front sheet andbears instance should proportion and spacerespecdifferent pictorial representations with'a cut- 3? ,tive color areas to create a properly balanced out portion representing'a figure. and harmonized .or .etfect'ive decorative Fig.7 isaface view of adisk' bearing'diflerscheme, these essential details being left to entcolor groupings fordisplay respectively individual,initiative'andresulting toofoften through the cut-out portio'ns'of the other .in unbalanced and. incongruous color combi disk and thefr on't sheet. 5

nations. I v u Fig.8 is a section on the lin'e 12' 12 of-Fig.

Therefore the purpose of. my invention is 5, showing the pivotal connection between to providecolor char-ts in the-form of pie the'disk'and front sheet. .torial representations exemplifying particu- Inthe exampleofmy invention illustrated lar subjects .whose individual features have in Figures 1 .04 let'l indicate the front sheet applied thereto. suitable complementary or of a folder bearing on its face an imprint re 9o harmonizing colors, shades or tints, and resenting the interior'ofa furnished dwel wherein the color areas arelproportioned and ing room, with cut-out portions of different distanced appropriately to achieve aproper shapes, and areas in appro riatepositions for 1y balanced effect. Tl i ese c harts are proexposure tlierethrough o .the colored porvided with shiftable parts bearing diflerent tions of room furnishings Back of sheet lis color groupings all in the. same relation and a. disk 2 that is pivoted to sheet 1 as by an eyeadapted to synchronize in the samepictorial let 3. The disk 2 bears on its face three conv-representation, so that a variety of different centric color band's, each'divided into eight color effects, all equally balanced, may be ex differently colored; segments,"the color arhibited on a single chart. rangement' of the twenty-fours'egments being arbitrarily devised to permit, in the ex= ample, the exposure at one time of five ditferent colors in a group through the cut-out portions of the front sheet, and enabling the display separately of eight diilerent color groupings in the rotation of the disk through a complete revolution.

F or example the innermost color band is divided into eight segments, which respectively present on the disk surface the colors light green, light red purple, light green, red, light blue, blue, light orange, pink, while the back of the disk bears the printed names of those colors in positions corresponding to the respective colored segments, to thereby designate said colors. Similarly the middle color band is divided into eight segments which respectively present'on'the disk surface the colors green, red, green blue, orange, blue, blue green, dark pink, red purple. the back of the disk bearing the printed names of those colors in positions corresponding to its re spective colored segments; and similarly the outer color band'isdivided into eight segments which respectivelypresent on the disk surface the colors dark purple, dark green, copper red, dark blue, brown, gray, blue green, light green, the names of these colors also being printed on the back of the disk in positions corresponding to its respective col ored segments.

71 This arrangement provides eight groups of three colors, each group being in radial formation. The interior scene represented on the front sheet or overlay 1 has the cut-out portions 4, 5, 6,7 and 8, the portion 4 defining a lamp shade and being positioned to exposea color from the inner color band, the portions 5, 6 and 7 respectively defining a cushion on the sofa, a chair back and a curtain, and being positioned to expose colors from the middle color band, and the portion 8 defining a rug and being positioned to expose a color from the outer color band. VVit-h the arbitrary positioning of the cut-out portions 4, 5, 6,7 and 8, their respective areas and spaced relationship, it is necessary that the five diffcrent colors to be exposed therethrough at any one time shall either harmonize or pre sent a pleasing artistic contrasting eifect. In consequence the twenty-four segments on-the. disk surface are so arranged. that eight different color groups are provided, each group consisting of five different colors adapted by reason of their arrangement upon the disk 2 for exposure at one time through the cut-out portions 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, the said eigl'it color 1 groups being capable of exposure successively by rotation of the disk 2.

Theback sheet 9 of the folder is intended to serve as a cover for the disk 2, to protect the latter.

" lt will-be understood that color artistrv mustbe employed in effecting a suitable artions upon the disk 2, also the placement and relative areas of the cut-out portions of sheet 1, so that the color groups will be caused to appear appropriately with respect to the pictured scene they embellish; so that the cutout areas may expose a color whose relation to the other colors of the group is thereby correctly proportioned; and so that the spacing apart of the respective color exposures in the group will picturize the color areas in properly balanced relation. With each of the eight different color groups represented by color segments whose arrangement upon-the disk surface permits the exposure through the cut-outs of one color group at a time, then it. is obvious that all of the other color groups may be'similarly displayed in the same arrangeinent by the act of turning the disk to bring said other groups successively into view through said cut-outs.

In Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 is illustrated another application of my invention wherein appropriate, harmonized colors are caused to ap pear as representative of wearing apparel upon a figure shown in scenes suited to difterent conditions of indoor and outdoor wear.

. In the present example the drawings show a front sheet having segmental cut-out 21, a disk 2 pivoted at 23 to sheet2O and disposed at the back thereof, the disk 22 hearing disposed thereon in radial arrangement these several scenes, viz: a street scene 24 with cutout 25 delineating a face and cut-out 26 delineating a figure portion; an outdoor sport scene 2405 with cut-out 27 delineating a head and face and cut-out 28 delineating a figure portion; a day indoor scene 24?; with cut-out 29 delineating a head and face and cut-out 30 delineating afigure portion, and a night indoor scene 240 with cut-out 31 delineating a head and face and cut-out 32 delineating a figure portion. By rotation of disk 22 the different scenes can be brought into registry with cut-out 21 for exposure thcrethrough. Back of disk 22, and also pivoted at 23, is a disk provided on its front surface with an outer, circular color band 34 divided into a number of equal segments. In the example twelve difi'erent colored segments areshown, the colors being identified by their names appearing on the back of the disk behind the respective color segments to designate the colors. Also the disk 33 bears upon its sur= face, in radial disposition with the color segments respectively, different flesh and hair colorings, included in segments of an inner color band, 35, with which the colors of the outer segments harmonize.

Generally the idea underlying the creation of this embodiment of my invention is to enable a person having a certain color of complexion and certain colored hair, to pictorially represent the dominant color of clothing that can most-appropriately be worn in conjunction with a particular combina ion of hair and complexion coloring. Thus, upon turning the disk 33 to bring for example the cut-out 25 in registry with any one of the segments 35, thereby the dominant apparel coloring, in harmony with the coloring of the exposed face and hair, is caused to appear through whichever one of the scenes 24, 24a, 246 or 24:6 has been brought into registry with the cut-out 21.

It will be noted that the coloring in the radial segments of band 35 is in each instance designed to represent the hair upon a persons head, with a flesh tint for the face and neck, and so that the face, head and neck become silhouetted when a segment of disk 35 registers with any pair of the radial cutouts 25, 26; 27, 28; 29, 30, or 31, 32. In this manner there is presented to view a picture of a person whose clothing in its dominant color harmonizes with or is complementary to the hair and complexion coloring of that person, thereby enabling proper choice to be made of suitable clothing colors.

It is to be understood that the example illustrated in Figs. 5 to 8, wherein an intermediary revoluble disk is employed with different scenes for exposure through the cutout in the cover, said intermediate disk itself having cut-outs for exposure of colors on the color disk, is equally applicable with other adaptations of my invention.

Variations within the spirit and scope of my invention are equally comprehended by the foregoing disclosure.

I claim:

1. A color display device comprising a front sheet bearing an impress pictorially representative of a subject having a 'group of features to be colored differently, said fea tures being silhouetted by the edges of cutouts from said sheet, and a disk pivoted at the back of said sheet said disk bearing groups of colored areas adapted for exposure successively through said cut-outs of the front sheet, each group, of colored areas being balanced in spaced relationship and proportioned as to the exposed areas thereof to harmonize the group color effect.

2. A color display device comprising a front sheet bearing an impress pictorially representative of a scene having a group of 3. A color display device comprising a front sheet bearing an impress pictorially representative of a scene and having a cutout silhouetting an object to be exposed therethrough, a disk pivoted at the back of said torial representations, and a second disk pivotally supported behind said first named disk, said second disk bearing on its face. groups of colored areas adapted for exposure successively through the cut-out in the sheet and aligned cut-outs of'the first named disk when a pictorial representation thereon registers with the cut-out in the sheet, said groups of colored areas respectively being balanced in spaced relationship and proportioned as to the exposed areas thereof to harmonize the group color effect.

4:. A color harmony chart for exterior or interior decoration of houses, comprising a field of radially arranged colors and a mask covering said field, said mask having a plurality of openings of different sizes formed therein, said openings being so spaced as to expose colors of said field in harmonious combinations, the sizes of said openings being such that the areas of colors exposed at any one time by them are proportioned so as to present an approximate relationship such as the contemplated decoration will contain in practice.

5. A color harmony chart for exterior or interior decoration of homes comprising a field of radially arranged colors and a mask covering said field, said mask being rotatable with relation to the field and having openings formed therein, said openings being so spaced as to expose colors of said field in harmonious combinations, said openings also being varied in size so as to expose such areas of colors as will indicate the general color effect to be obtained by the application of colors exposed.

New' York, May 11th, 1927.

NOBLE E. STEPHENS.

features to be colored differently, said features being silhouetted by the edges of cutouts from said sheet, and a disk pivoted at the back of said sheet, said disk bearing'upon its face groups of colored, tinted or shaded areas adapted for exposure through said cutouts of the front sheet, each group of colored, tinted or shaded areas being balanced in spaced relationship and proportioned as to the exposed areas thereof to harmonize the group color efiect, and said groups being arranged upon the disk for successive exposure through the cut-outs of the front sheet by (.5 rotation of said disk. 

